This will be the last posting of the Miami Valley Conservative Alliance Commentary and Journal. Unfortunately we will not be able to post any longer due to a number of reasons.
However, you are invited to join the group and be apart of the Conservative movement in the
The MVCA still meets on the first Tuesday of every month at 7:00 pm, currently at Elinor's Amber Rose,
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The Miami Valley Conservative Alliance salutes our fallen heroes and asks you to please take the time to remember the men and women of our great nation who have given their lives for us this weekend. Also, remember that many gave their lives in training during peacetime. Training for war is dangerous profession.
I pray for the end of this war because no one wants to be at war; but also give thanks to God that we have men and women willing to lay their lives on the line for our nation. I pray that all our leaders will value the lives that they command, direct, and support.
God bless our Armed Forces and God Bless the United States.
If Congress gets its way there will soon be more than 12 million new social security beneficiaries. Yes, with this amnesty deal there will be more than 12 million new eligible beneficiaries that will surge into our dying safety net.
So how do George Bush, Ted Kennedy, John Kyl, Arlen, Specter, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Lindsey Graham, and John McCain propose to pay social security for more than 12 million illegals aliens? They don’t say, because there is nothing in this travesty, which is without a doubt an assault on our Constitution, that details how they will support our elderly and disabled that are currently living off of social security plus pay an additional 12 million illegal immigrants.
Yes, our own elderly and disabled that have worked their whole lives will now lose much of the little support they currently receive because Congress lacks courage to do the right thing; because Congress caved into the special interests groups and greedy big businesses; and because Congress has abandon liberty for socialism.
All I know is that there is no way our national Social Security system can bear the weight of more than 12 million new beneficiaries. It will either go broke in the short term, or with massive tax increases, will go broke in the next two decades. Either way it will go broke. And don’t think that for one minute the numbers will remain at 12 million, because once this amnesty is given the flood gates will open up and the rest of
These people are taking to the streets demanding we give them something. I say bunk, its time we took to the streets and demanded Congress and the President did what we elected them for: the protection of our country; the protection of our people; and the protection of our ideals. It’s time these oligarchs were kicked in the ass and made to do their job, and time we wake up. We better wake up soon because it isn’t looking too good for the
WASHINGTON — Key senators and the White House reached agreement today on an immigration overhaul that would grant quick legal status to millions of illegal immigrants already in the U.S. and fortify the border.
The plan would create a temporary worker program to bring new arrivals to the
The compromise came after weeks of painstaking closed-door negotiations that brought the most liberal Democrats and the most conservative Republicans together with President Bush's Cabinet officers to produce a highly complex measure that carries heavy political consequences.
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., said he expects Bush to endorse the agreement.
The accord sets the stage for what promises to be a bruising battle next week in the Senate on one of Bush's top non-war priorities.
The key breakthrough came when negotiators struck a bargain on a so-called "point system" that would for the first time prioritize immigrants' education and skill level over family connections in deciding how to award green cards.
The draft bill "gives a path out of the shadows and toward legal status for those who are currently here" illegally, said Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.
A spokesman for Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., one of his party's key players in the talks, confirmed that the group had reached agreement.
The proposed agreement would allow illegal immigrants to come forward and obtain a "Z visa" and — after paying fees and a $5,000 fine — ultimately get on track for permanent residency, which could take between eight and 13 years. Heads of household would have to return to their home countries first.
They could come forward right away to claim a probationary card that would let them live and work legally in the
A new temporary guest worker program would also have to wait until those so-called "triggers" had been activated.
Those workers would have to return home after work stints of two years, with little opportunity to gain permanent legal status or ever become
Democrats had pressed instead for guest workers to be permitted to stay and work indefinitely in the
Read the entire article.
Comment: Say good-bye to the U.S. Constitution; say good-bye to Social Security because 12 million illegals are about to be put on the rolls; say good-bye to English; and say good-bye to sovereignty!
On the Miami Valley Conservative Alliance (MVCA) discussion board we have been talking about the concept of precinct captains. For the most part the motivation for the discussion has centered on the group’s belief that the Ohio Republican Party needs to establish a grassroots effort if it is going to take back any ground lost to the Social-Democrats. And it is the consensus of the group that the best way to establish a grassroots effort is to revitalize the role of precinct captain.
Most of the work that was normally done by precinct captains in the past is now done by direct mail and telephone banks. But the problem with this is that no one actually goes to the person residence and speaks with the voter. However, any salesman will tell you face to face contact is always the most effective means of getting a message out.
By establishing a solid precinct captain strategy the ORP would:
There is an interesting story on the web called, My Own Iraq Study Group (ISG), which describes the problems faced by U.S Army Special Forces with the conventional U.S. Army. The author uses the conflict as a vehicle to highlight the real issues on the ground as opposed to what is being touted in the Iraq Study Group’s report.
The author’s observations and second hand accounts are spot on and very accurate. It’s obvious he must have a good deal of contact with Special Forces soldiers in Colorado, which is a big plus. Special Forces soldier’s have a better acuity of the situation because of their maturity, years of military service, civilian and military education, a history of working in hot spots around the world, and foremost, the serving of at least three to four tours in theater.
One thing the American public has to understand is that special operations forces are not the answer to winning this war. They part of the answer, but they can never be the main effort. Likewise calls by the ISG to increase the number of Special Forces advisors to work with the Iraqi Army is also short sighted and not possible.
A Special Forces soldier takes years to develop and cannot be turned out overnight by some mass production factory. Each soldier has to meet a very narrow and strict criterion to ensure he has the right aptitude, physical ability and stamina, ability to learn languages, maturity, and the ability to work with small teams and foreign cultures. If this standard is not protected, and a poor quality soldiers get assigned to operational detachment, it will eventually compromise the mission of the team. There are no short cuts if quality is to be ensured. This goes for other special operations units such as the SEALS, Rangers, and Air Force Special Tactics. Each has their own special criterion that meets their mission needs. Take short cuts in the process and lives will be lost.
Yet with a clear understanding of this process and the political pressure bearing down to find a short cut solution, the Department of Defense, will without a doubt, place more pressure on an already overtaxed special operations community in order to find the panacea for the perceived problems in Iraq. I say perceived because the ISG had no input from those serving on the ground and as I can tell from reading the milblogs first hand accounts, and my discussions with friends on the ground, there is a wide gulf between the truth and the American perception. But churning out young kids fresh out of high school in a shake bake course, then awarding him a piece of felt green head gear and to be sent in to a high risk situation is immoral. We did this during Vietnam and it had disastrous effects on Special Forces that remained for over 15 years after its conclusion.
The most prudent solution for the war is for the Administration to clearly and deliberately define the goals, convey them to the American public, adjust it by Congress if there are concerns by the citizenry, and then let the military do the work from there. We have to stop this foolish armchair quarterbacking by too many with absolutely no military experience. This is ludicrous. We have to let the military fight the war as they see fit based upon the Administrations goals. Additionally, over reliance of the special operations forces will only cause those forces to become burnt out, and incur high rates of casualties. Again, we have to let the military fight the war. There can be no other way. In fact if we do not, it will assuredly mean defeat.
Brian Duffy publishes two blogs, One Oar in the Water and Repeal the 17th Amendment.
Plato and Aristotle deemed interest “as contrary to the nature of things; Cato condemned it, comparing it to homicide.” (1) And as the Editorial Board of the Dayton Daily News (DDN) pointed out in its
What is so peculiar about the DDN editorial is that while the editorial staff bemoans predatory lending practices, they advocated for increased and irresponsible government spending and higher rates of taxation, which has opened the door for predatory lending. But what is even more peculiar is that the voters of
Predatory lending is a moral problem, but so is fiscal irresponsibility. The only way to truly put predatory lenders out of business is though individual and governmental fiscal responsibility, and creating the conditions for a vibrant economy. It’s time that the editorial staff of the Dayton Daily News realized that socialist systems only lead people to misery. But more importantly, it’s time that the Dayton Daily News took some responsibility for fostering the environment that has allowed predatory lenders to enter our community.
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1. Usury; Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume XV; Robert Appleton Company; 1912.
